The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Drama · 2017 · 1h 33m

Movie

6.3/10 · TMDB

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Overview

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

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Cast & crew

Oprah WinfreyDeborah Lacks
Rose ByrneRebecca Skloot
Renée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks
Reg E. CatheyZakariyyah
Courtney B. VanceSir Lord Keenan Coefield
Rocky CarrollSonny Lacks
Leslie UggamsSadie
Reed BirneyDr. George Gey
John Douglas ThompsonLawrence Lacks
Adriane LenoxBarbara Lacks
Roger RobinsonDay Lacks
John BeasleyCliff
Peter GeretyPaul Lurz
Gabriel EbertChristoph Lengauer
John Benjamin HickeyBill Watson

Information

Release date
22 April 2017
Director
George C. Wolfe
Genres
Drama, History, TV Movie
Runtime
1h 33m
Country of origin
United States

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